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“If given the opportunity, I would tell my younger self not to be afraid to face challenges or take on additional responsibilities,” said Amy Shelly, Chief Financial Officer at OCC (Options Clearing Corporation). “I think that we forget to tell each other that it is...

Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel spoke at the Mid-America Club on Tuesday, February 14 at an Executive's Club of Chicago luncheon. Moderated by Anna Valencia, City of Chicago Clerk, he talked about how Chicago is a competitive city due to it's diversity, his pro-immigration policies and...

Have you ever gotten a recipe at Thanksgiving and made that dish into a successful side business? Stephanie Golden, a Wall Street financier, did just that with the help from family and friends. Making a toffee treat so delicious even Oprah recognized it as one...

Everyone likes to talk about themselves. That is what someone told me when I first started my career and was looking to build a network. These days every article you read about advancing your career advises you to establish a network and grow your relationships....

I hosted the February 2, 2017 edition of CBOE TV's What's Trading. This time we looked at Amazon (AMZN) stock when it was trading at $835 a share. I was in the AMZN trading pit earlier in the day and there was a lot of anticipation...

“The key thing and the foundation in which this company is built on is that our business is based on relationships. This is the cornerstone of everything we do and everything we have done,” said Jim Kharouf, Chief Executive Officer of John J. Lothian &...

The Security Traders Association of Chicago (STAC) held their 91st Annual Mid-Winter gathering at the Hilton Chicago on Jan 11-12, 2017. The event hosted 600 attendees from all aspects of the financial industry to talk about how we can better incorporate options into portfolio trading,...

I am speaking this week at the Securities Traders Association of Chicago Mid-Winter Conference on a panel looking at the Changing Face of Finance. In preparation, I have done research on gender and ethnic diversity in the workforce. I have found very interesting statistics supporting...

As one of my New Years Resolutions for 2017 is to take a more hands on approach to investing, I wanted to learn more about tastyworks, an online brokerage platform from the team that brought us tastytrade and thinkorswim. After reading about the new venture,...

Last Friday, December 30th, I had the honor of filling in for my good friend Russell Rhoads at the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Options Institute. I hosted the last episode of What's Trading for 2016.
We found a trader that believes the market will go down...